NotebookLM's new Cinematic Video Overviews feature, powered by Gemini and Veo 3, is a premium addition that generates video summaries from user-provided documents. Testing it against a 245-page technical document revealed two key problems: the output is superficial and generic rather than analytically deep, and generation takes around 15 minutes for a 7-minute video. The feature is compared unfavorably to Claude's interactive visuals, and is deemed a tech demo that isn't ready for practical research workflows yet. The author suggests waiting before upgrading to Google AI Ultra for this feature.
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Cinematic Video Overviews are exactly what the name suggestsVideo Overviews are very time-consuming to generateA feature in its infancy?Sort: